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apare vasudevasya devakyāṁ yācito ’bhyagāt ajas tvam asya kṣemāya vadhāya ca sura-dviṣām

Others say that since both Vasudeva and Devakī prayed for You, You have taken Your birth as their son. Undoubtedly …

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.33

It is also said that Vasudeva and Devakī, in their previous birth as Sutapā and Pṛśni, underwent a severe type …

The Lord says:

yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion …

In human society there must be a proper balance between spirit and matter. We are actually spirit soul, but somehow …

So why are we unhappy? In the Western countries there is no scarcity of wealth, no scarcity of food, no …

The word dharma means “duty.” Although the word dharma is often translated as “religion” and religion is generally defined as …

Bodily comfort, however, is not enough. Suppose a man is very comfortably situated. Does it mean he will not die? …

One must know the necessities of the body and also the necessities of the soul. The real necessity in life …

nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhāc chotra-mano-’bhirāmāt ka uttamaśloka-guṇānuvādāt pumān virajyeta vinā paśu-ghnāt

(Bhāgavatam 10.1.4)

Parīkṣit Mahārāja said to the great sage Śukadeva Gosvāmī, “The discourses on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that you are giving me are not …

At the present moment, we are in a diseased condition. Materialists do not know what is disease and what is …

mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ

“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full …

Thus the Lord says that one should approach Him and go back to Him, back home, back to Godhead. But …

The only truly worthwhile books are those like Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā. In the Bhāgavatam (1.5.10–11) it is said: